He was the first administration official to take part in the "Ask the White House" interactive feature, and he generated headlines with his response to one question from "Casey" in Quincy, Massachusetts.

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Joe the Plumber made headlines during the 2008 presidential campaign by asking then-candidate Obama a difficult question.

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